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Originally Posted by wrek
LMAO ..  thanks.
Mine gave me the "law" thing also.. I said "you want to call DHS? Call them... it will take them 5 minutes to call the police and it will take the police 10 minutes to respond. That leaves me 15 minutes of just alone time, just you and me. So here's my phone." Technically I think that was abuse but he shut up about it. |
All you have to do is explain what really happens. If DHS comes and finds validity in his claims then he goes to live with complete strangers. You still get the house, his bedroom, the car, the xbox, family, friends, etc...
That usually works.
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Originally Posted by 1320junkie
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Originally Posted by wrek
He has a skater punk hair cut, down over his face.
Would giving him a buzz-cut be considered abuse? It's ridiculous I have to ask... but I suppose he could claim it causes emotional distress or some shit.
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Nope..cut that hair off..and find other ways to rock his world a bit |
Agreed. Individualism is a privilege.
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Originally Posted by 1320junkie
and you are 13..is that what gets you inline or does timeout and talking get you straight?
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P-Nut successfully runs his own house!
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Originally Posted by Captain Vlad
All corporal punishment or the threat thereof did for me was to make me angry, resentful, and it continually decreased the amount of respect I had for my stepfather.
Why would I respect someone who had to start threatening me to get his point across. Answer simply is: I wouldn't, and still don't.
But I was an antisocial kid. Like another poster said, I just wanted to be left alone.
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I agree with your statement. By the time my boys were teenagers they were taller and stronger than me, but not smarter... yet. You need to get into their heads with a delicate balance of love, respect, understanding, and fear. My boys may laugh when I say I'll still kick their ass, but there's more ways than one to skin that cat.
I will win.